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'"Some guys are good at school and telling jokes or they have the latest stuff. Others are cricketers and basketball players: they can do things with the ball that make their classmates talk about them when they're not around. His thing is football. He becomes the centre of whichever team he plays for: he becomes the advantage."
'MELBOURNE, 1985. Jason Dalton sits on his bed and counts his football cards, dreaming of the day he too is immortalised in the public eye. He's young and gifted, a natural player who can do anything with the ball in his hand. If only everything else in his life was as obvious to him as playing.
'GOLD COAST, 1991. The bottom has fallen out of Jason's life; he's now a high-school dropout, tired and wasted on the Gold Coast, with an explosive family secret still ringing in his ears. He needs to get his life back. But first he needs to find out who he is.' (From the publisher's website.)
'MELBOURNE, 1985. Jason Dalton sits on his bed and counts his football cards, dreaming of the day he too is immortalised in the public eye. He's young and gifted, a natural player who can do anything with the ball in his hand. If only everything else in his life was as obvious to him as playing.
'GOLD COAST, 1991. The bottom has fallen out of Jason's life; he's now a high-school dropout, tired and wasted on the Gold Coast, with an explosive family secret still ringing in his ears. He needs to get his life back. But first he needs to find out who he is.' (From the publisher's website.)
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The Best Young Australian Novelists
2013
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 May 2013; (p. 28-29) 'In a strong year for emerging writers, The Sydney Morning Herald shines a spotlight on six winners with extraordinary stories, writer Marc McEvoy.' -
Now, Read This
2012
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 December 2012; (p. 22-23) The Weekend Australian , 5-6 January 2013; (p. 14-25) -
Untitled
2012
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— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 5 no. 1 2012;
— Review of Eleven Seasons 2008 single work novel -
A Young Man Tries to Make His Mark
2012
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 June 2012; (p. 33)
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Fresh Take on the Sporting Calendar
2012
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review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 June 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of Eleven Seasons 2008 single work novel
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Intersecting Forces of Sport and Masculinity
2012
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 April 2012; (p. 20)
— Review of Eleven Seasons 2008 single work novel -
Sport Fiction
2012
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 27 May 2012; (p. 15)
— Review of Eleven Seasons 2008 single work novel -
Fiction
2012
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 26 - 27 May 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Eleven Seasons 2008 single work novel -
A Young Life Shaped by the Oval
2012
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 27 May 2012; (p. 19)
— Review of Eleven Seasons 2008 single work novel -
The Lost Boys
2012
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— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 26 May 2012; (p. 27)
— Review of Eleven Seasons 2008 single work novel ; Floundering 2012 single work novel -
Familial Strain in Vogel Themes
2012
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 April 2012; (p. 3) -
The Trouble with Families
2012
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 April 2012; (p. 18-19) -
Nine Years on, Prize Novel Comes of Age
2012
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— Appears in: The Australian , 27 April 2012; (p. 3) -
Footy Fills the Void as Debut Novelist Flies High With Vogel Prize
2012
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 April 2012; (p. 7) -
Award Kicks Off Melbourne Author's Career
2012
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— Appears in: The Age , 27 April 2012; (p. 7)
Awards
- 2013 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing
- 2013 shortlisted Indie Awards — Debut Fiction
- 2013 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
- 2012 winner The Australian / Vogel National Literary Award (for an unpublished manuscript)
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Settings:
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- Gold Coast, Queensland,
- 1985
- 1991
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